Percy's Point of view

I woke up to the sound of two people talking, I listened for a bit and soon realised that the voices belonged to my father and my half brother Tyson. I hadn't seen Tyson or my dad in a while so I was kind of looking forward to seeing them but I didn't reveal the fact that I was awake just yet as I listened to a little more of their conversation. Sure I was technically eavesdropping but I soon realised that they had been talking about me.

I listened as my dad said, "I don't know, he seems fine physically, but a neried brought him here since she was concerned about him, from what I've heard he was rather upset last night,"

I heard Tyson ask, "Can I talk to him?"

Dad replied, "Let him rest, you can talk to him when he wakes up," I think dad started to leave after that but I decided to reveal the fact that I was awake.

Tyson obviously noticed when I opened my eyes since he said, "Brother,"

Tyson's words got my dad's attention so he turned around and looked at us. A smile crossed his face as he saw me awake, but behind it, I was pretty sure I could see concern. He came to my bedside before asking, "Percy what's wrong?"

I wasn't even sure if I'd be able to tell him without bursting into tears again, and that wasn't really something I wanted to do in front of my dad. I steeled myself before forcing out the words that would explain what happened the day before and why I was so upset. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish explaining without crying and as I explained how Annabeth had betrayed me Tyson began to get upset. Dad did his best to comfort us both as I tried to get my emotions under control. To try and make me feel a bit better dad said, "She wasn't the right person for you Percy, you can move on and find someone else, just give it time,"

As an afterthought, he added, "Just don't pick another Athena Spawn,"

Despite my current mood I couldn't help but let out a halfhearted chuckle at that last statement. I knew that even though he had never really tried to get us to break up, dad hadn't been particularly happy that I was dating Annabeth since she was the daughter of his rival, Athena. Since my emotions were mostly under control by then I said, "I won't dad,"

Next, I said, " I don't know what to do dad, I can't go back to camp, and I don't really want to go to camp Jupiter either,"

I knew I technically could go home and stay with my mom for a while but I didn't want to worry her or put her in danger. She already had enough on her plate since Paul had died several months ago. He'd died in a car crash when he was on his way home from Goode. His death had hit mom hard although I think she is doing better now.

Ever since I returned to camp for the summer I've been visiting every so often just to keep her company. Paul's death had saddened me, after all, he had accepted me and mom as well as the truth about me when most people would have thought we were crazy. For all those reasons I didn't really know what I was going to do now that I didn't want to return to camp or go to camp Jupiter.

Dad didn't reply to my question right away and I guessed he was probably thinking about what to say. Eventually, his expression changed, making me wonder what he had come up with. I didn't find out right away though since when he spoke again he simply said, "I have an idea we are leaving,"

I looked at him kind of confused before asking, "Where are we going?"

He replied, "To Olympus,"

I was still rather confused since I didn't know how that was going to help after all, most of the gods didn't really like me that much so I didn't know what dad thought they were going to do to help me. Despite my confusion, I didn't bother arguing and we left after Tyson finally calmed down.

Once we arrived in the throne room I assumed that dad would probably be calling a meeting, I mean why else would he have brought me here? Dad banged his trident on the floor and then went over to his throne and sat down on it. I stayed standing in the center of the room as the other Olympians began to arrive. I still had no clue what dad was planning but it was a bit too late to ask questions now.

After all the gods were there and sitting in their thrones Drama queen, oops I meant Zeus asked, "Brother why did you call this meeting?"

Dad replied, "I called this meeting because I believe that my son deserves to be rewarded for everything he has done for us. Zeus, he retrieved your master bolt and prevented it from falling into father's hands, he also freed your daughter from her tree,"

Dad continued, "He led Camp Half-Blood In the battle against father's forces while you all fought Typhon and I fought Oceanus,"

"He went through much pain to ensure that Hara's plan to defeat Gaea succeeded, and he helped to end the feud between Greeks and Romans,"

"He saved Athena's daughter numerous times, He even fell into Tartarus with her when he could have just let her fall," As he said that last one dad's gaze seemed to land on Athena for a moment as if he was trying to get her to drop her dislike for me and see everything I had done for her.

Dad continued, "He doesn't believe that Demeter and Aphrodite's children are weak, he believes they are heroes just like any other demigod,"

"He respects Hestia and Hades as Powerful Olympians,"

"He saved Artemis from Atlas, and he is the only male demigod that she respects and trusts,"

"He told everyone that Aphrodite's daughter and Hermes's son were heroes even though they helped the Titans,"

"He retrieved Hade's helm of darkness and brought honour to him and his children,"

"He saved Ares' daughter from Polyphemus and gave her all the credit for retrieving the golden fleece, he also helped her retrieve Ares' chariot,"

"He was partially responsible for Apollo finding a new oracle,"

"He almost got killed while doing a favour for Hephaestus, and he remembers his son as one of the greatest heroes,"

"He retrieved Hermes' Caduceus, and he protected Dionysus' son Pollux after he lost Castor,"

"My son has done far more than any other hero has, even Heracles hasn't accomplished as much as Percy has, he as defeated the minotaur, Kronos, Medusa, Polybotese, the furies, and many others,"

After dad finished his speech about me the gods were all stunned into silence, that must be a first, and honestly so was I. Sure I knew everything he said was technically true but I had help for most of that, Annabeth, Grover, or some of my other friends were usually helping to do must of that.

Regardless it was obvious now that dad wanted to reward me somehow and the only thing I could think of was that he was trying to convince the other gods to offer me immortality again, If that was the case I wasn't sure what I would do, I thought about it as I waited to find out if that was what dad was trying to do. I knew I didn't want to go to either of the camps but did I really want to be immortal? I would decide once I found out if that was what dad had actually been planning all along. Drama queen, oops I meant Zeus said, "Brother why are you telling us this?"

Dad replied, "I believe my son deserves to be rewarded for everything he has done for us, Without him the last two wars might have been lost. The last time we offered him the gift he refused, however this time I believe he will accept,"

That statement made me sure that dad was trying to convince the other gods to offer me immortality again but I still wasn't sure what I would do if they agreed, the last time they'd offered it to me I'd refused mostly because of Annabeth but now I certainly wasn't going to refuse because of her since she'd betrayed me. I knew I technically still had mom and my friends at the two camps but I would still visit them whether Zeus liked it or not.

I might just have to do it a bit less often. Dad finished by saying, "I believe we should make my son Perseus a god, and not just a minor god, I think he should become the fifteenth Olympian,"

Okay I certainly hadn't been expecting that, I'd just assumed that I would probably get the same offer I'd gotten the last time but no, Dad was trying to convince the others to make me an Olympian Even after hearing basically everything I'd done since I found out that I was a demigod I wasn't so sure that the other gods would agree to it, after all, most of them don't really like me.

Not to mention that I had refused immortality once before so I doubted Zeus would really want to make an even bigger offer now. And then there was also the fact that I was pretty sure most of the gods would rather kill me than make me their equal.

Athena was the first to speak up after dad finished speaking, I wasn't all that shocked when she practically yelled, "What about my daughter!"

I guess that even though she certainly hadn't been pleased by me being with Annabeth she still didn't want me to hurt her by leaving her, she obviously didn't know yet that Annabeth was the one who had ditched me and was the reason why I was there in the first place. Dad answered her question for me while glaring at her, "Your daughter ended their relationship when he was going to propose to her, he also found out not long afterward that she had been cheating on him!"

Disbelieving, Athena replied, "Annabeth wouldn't do that,"

I spoke up before the two of them ended up in a full-blown argument over me and Annabeth, "Lady Athena, I swear on the river Styx that what my dad just told you is true, Annabeth did break up with me when I'd been planning to propose to her yesterday evening. Last night I also found out that she'd been cheating on me"

When I didn't get blasted to smithereens Athena stayed silent probably having a hard time accepting that her favorite daughter would do something like that. That was when the other gods began to speak up. Some of them argued while others were asking questions some of them seemed to be in favour of me becoming a god while others weren't so fond of the idea.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do if they decided to accept Dad's idea, would I accept and become an Olympian, or would I stay mortal? I knew I didn't want to return to camp since that would just remind me of what I no longer had. Camp Jupiter wouldn't be a whole lot better since they would probably ask a lot of questions about things I really didn't want to talk about and it would also remind me of things I really didn't want to think about.